from sys import argv
import os
full_path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
file_path = '%s/a.txt' % os.path.dirname(full_path) 
def method():
  with open(file_path) as f:
    print f.readlines()
from os.path import exists
script, from_file, to_file = argv
print "Copying from %s to %s" % ( from_file, to_file)
# we could do these two on one line too, how?
in_file = open(from_file)
indata = in_file. read()
print "The input file is %d bytes long" % len( indata)
print "Does the output file exist? %r" % exists( to_file)
print "Ready, hit RETURN to continue, CTRL-C to abort."
raw_input()
out_file = open( to_file, 'w' )
out_file. write( indata)
print "Alright, all done."
out_file. close()
in_file. close()
